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CABINET BOWS TO PRISON PRESSURE (Pictures Inside)
As prisoners complain of inhumane conditions and threaten riot action, Cabinet has agreed to make available “all necessary resources” to address the situation. Summoned to Cabinet on Wednesday, Prison...
View ArticleJamaica Labour Party wins 2016 election
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Labour Party was a short while ago declared the winner of the 2016 general election, after claiming 33 of the 63 constituency seats. The Labourites will now form...
View ArticleGOVERNMENT TOLD TO BACK OFF FARE DECREASES
Both the taxi and bus associations are dead set against the government’s recommendation to reduce their fares. General Secretary for the National Taxi Association, Gregory Athill has threatened to shut...
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CALLALOO CAY PROJECT REVAMPED
The owners and developers of the Callaloo Cay project earmarked for Morris Bay have been told to revise their “master plan” and construct one, instead of two hotels on the 4.7-acre site at Old Road so...
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ARSON SUSPECTED IN ALL SAINTS SCHOOL FIRE
Officials investigating a fire which destroyed the administrative building of the of the All Saints Secondary School (ASSS), on the weekend, suspect that it was intentionally set during the early hours...
View ArticleMILLIONS LOST IN SCHOOL FIRE
It will take an estimated $2.2 million to replace all that was destroyed in Saturday’s fire, at the All Saints Secondary School (ASSS) administration building. Minister of Education, Michael Browne who...
View ArticleJOANNE MASSIAH SAYS CONSULT SQUATTERS
The government erred in not first consulting Mack Pond residents about the proposed housing development for the area, before signing on the dotted line. Member of Parliament for All Saints East &...
View ArticleARMED POLICE AT UPP PROTEST
In what the opposition described as an “act of intimidation,” heavily armed police officers became permanent fixtures at the United Progressive Party picket against fuel and electricity rates,...
View ArticleLINDQUIST COMES BACK
More than a decade after Financial Forensic Investigator Robert ‘Bob’ Lindquist was hired by the then UPP administration to look into alleged wrongdoings of senior Antigua & Barbuda Labour Party...
View ArticleUpdate: Men missing at sea found
Two men who left Antigua for Barbuda over 24 hours ago have turned up safe. A spokesperson for the coast guard confirmed tonight that they have arrived at the River Wharfe in Barbuda at about 8 pm....
View ArticleMissing men turn up safe
Relief filled the air last night as two men missing at sea for more than 30 hours turned up safe and sound in Barbuda last night. Family members of one of the men, 22-year-old Ikie Jeffrey, were...
View ArticleMAN CHARGED FOR 8 YEAR OLD KILLING
Lawmen are reporting success in apprehending a number of individuals who are implicated in what they term “cold cases.” On Friday, they arrested and charged 32- year old Granville Sabrata Gordon, aka...
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SCHOOLS UNDER ATTACK
The Five Islands Primary School became the latest of the nation’s learning institutions to be violated when a break-in into the principal’s office, which took place sometime over the weekend, was...
View ArticleHILSON BAPTISTE TO BE CHARGED
Former Minister of Agriculture Hilson “Brother B” Baptiste is expected to appear in court today to answer to several charges in connection with an altercation he allegedly had with a police officer...
View Article‘BROTHER B’ BAILED
After an overnight stay in police custody, lawmen last evening arrested and charged former Member of Parliament Hilson ‘Brother B’ Baptiste with a number of offenses for which he is expected to face...
View ArticlePRIME MINISTER BROWNE ATTACKS PRIVY COUNCIL
Prime Minister, Gaston Browne said the London-based court has failed in its duty to provide effective service to Commonwealth nations. Remaining with the Privy Council, he said, will mean a perversion...
View ArticleELECTION LEAGUE THREATENS MORE COURT ACTION
The Free and Fair Election League is promising to go back to court to force the Antigua & Barbuda Electoral Commission (ABEC) to hand over a report with what it claims are the true figures of just...
View ArticleGISELE ISAAC WINS
The Court of Appeal has upheld the decision of the High Court allowing former Executive Secretary of the Board of Education D Gisele Isaac to bring a suit against Attorney General Steadroy Benjamin and...
View Article‘NO SCHOOL’ MOM IS CONVICTED
An official in the Citizens Welfare Division has put delinquent parents on notice that more convictions are sure to follow the historic “guilty verdict” imposed on a woman who kept her child out of...
View ArticleDominica – Two men reportedly missing at sea
Two men from the Kalinago Territory have been reported missing at sea since Tuesday. DNO was informed that Ian Joseph and Walters Joseph were traveling on a boat from Guadeloupe to Dominica when their...
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